Lebanese American University Spring 2019

Byblos Calculus IV

Exercises

I. We consider the velocity field:

F = (2xy + yz + e5z ) i + (x2 + 3y 2 + xz) j + (xy + 5xe5z + 4 cos(2z)) k

(a) Prove the F is conservative.

(b) Find a potential function for the field F .
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(c) Find the flow of F over the curve r(t) = (t2 − 1)2 i + (t3 + 1) j + t k from t = 0 to t = 1.
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II. Calculate the counterclockwise circulation of the vector field F = xy 2 i − x2 y j around the curve C which consists
of the part of the parabola y = x2 between (−1, 1) and (1, 1) along with the line joining (1, 1) to (−1, 1):
(a) Using Green’s theorem.
(b) Directly using line integral.
III. (a) Find, using triple integral, the volume of the cone z 2 = x2 + y 2 , 0 ≤ z ≤ a.
(b) We denote by D the region inside the cone z 2 = x2 + y 2 bounded below by the plane z = 1 and above by the
plane z = 3. Find the outward flux of F = x i + y j + z k across the boundary of D:
i. Using the divergence theorem.
ii. Directly using surface integral.
IV. Let S be the triangle portion of the plane x + y + z = 1 that lies in the first octant and let C be its boundary curve.
Find the counterclockwise circulation of the vector field F = −y 2 i + x j + z 2 k around the curve C when viewed
from above:
(a) Directly using line integral.
(b) Using Stokes’ theorem.
V. We consider the velocity field: F = (ex sin y − yz) i + (ex cos y − xz) j + (z − xy) k
(a) Prove the F is conservative.
(b) Find a potential function for the field F .
(c) Find the flow of F along the line segment path from (0, π/2, −1) to (1, π, 2).
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VI. Calculate, using Green’s theorem, the counterclockwise circulation of the vector field F = (ex ln y − y) i + j
y
2 2
around the boundary of the region that is bounded above by the curve y = 3 − x and below by the curve y = 1 + x .
VII. Verify that Divergence theorem is true for the vector field F = x2 i + xy j + z k and the solid D bounded below by
the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 and above by the paraboloid z = 2 − x2 − y 2 .
VIII. Find the circulation of the vector field F = y i + z 3 j + x k around the curve intersection (C) between the cone
p 3 − x2 − y 2
z = x2 + y 2 and the paraboloid z = , counterclockwise when viewed from above:
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(a) Directly using line integral.
(b) Using Stokes’ theorem.